1939
Begins work as a news and camera reporter
The start of roughly three decades filming news.
Work
Selected films
Commercials, corporate films, documentary and event coverage, produced in New Delhi.
Show reel
Legacy
The story begins in 1939
Ved Parkash worked as a news cameraman for several years before founding a production house. What follows is the record as held by the company.
1944
Indian News Parade
Joins the newsreel of the Department of Information & Broadcasting.
1945
British Paramount News
Joins as staff cameraman in India, filming for one of the foreign newsreel agencies.
1947
Ved Films is established
The production house opens in New Delhi.
1948
Coverage of Mahatma Gandhi’s funeral
His coverage of the funeral was nominated for the British Academy Awards. The footage is held in the British Paramount News archive in London.
From the family archive
1953
United Nations, New York
Leaves British Paramount News to work as Director Cameraman with the United Nations, filming documentary reels and the weekly record of the General Assembly.
Late 1950s
The United Kingdom and the United States
Work for Pathé News in London and Hearst Metrotone News, alongside documentaries for USIS and German television in Hamburg.
Early 1960s
Programming for British television
Returns to prepare programmes for This Week, including a filmed interview with Pandit Nehru.
1962
Five programmes in colour
Filmed on Ektachrome for David Brinkley’s Journal.
Present
Ved Films continues in New Delhi
The production house is led by Rajiv Parkash.
About
A working production house
Ved Films has produced film in New Delhi since 1947. The company works across the categories shown in the selected films — commercials, corporate and institutional films, property and retail campaigns, event coverage and documentary.
- CommercialsProduct and brand films
- Corporate & institutionalCompany, bank and organisational films
- Property & retailDevelopment and destination campaigns
- Events & liveMulti-camera coverage
- DocumentaryThe discipline the house began in
Clients
DLF City
Ambience Mall
Tata Chemical
Punjab National Bank
Nova Bank
JAL
Usha Ultimate Frisbee
Cotton County
Hari Darshan Dhoop
Pathway
Sai Promo
Maha Subh Yatra
E-Learning
Contact
Ved Films, New Delhi
Studio
D-22, NDSE Part II
New Delhi 110049
India
Office
72 Janpath
New Delhi 110001
India